Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-06-11
evlCTiONS m IRELAND.
Statements Made by Irish ConsIa
Dles who Recently Resigned from
the Force


the n!lords toward the helpless Irish ten
artry, when read n book or newspaper, are
horrible enough; but when these tales come
"irect from the lps OF men who have Neen eve
witnesses 10 the occurrences which lhev mar.
rate, the wondering query comes to the listen
er: or what material is these landlords
made. \ IIJr'a reporter talked for an
hour with three Of the twelve men who arrived
IN New YorA the ether day. having resigned
their positions in the ROYAL Irish cuustabulary
because they could no longer stand the sick.
euing scenes the: were forced 10 take mart In
dS guardians Of th. sheriff, and ballifTs while
engaged in coerciug tAc starving tenant
farmers and turn ~ them out of their homes,
lhe men were James NcNultv, Andrew Nc.
Intee, and JOAN O'R1urle. three fine speci
mems Of sturdy young manhood. Intelligent
anu fnl OF earnest feelings.
lheg told Of the way in which the con-
stabularv were distributed all over Ireland.
compelled 10 be always ready at the beck Or
NOD OF the sheriff or the bailif 10
march tn the. work Of s9oliation. The cousta.
eulsry are held at stations few miles apart
throughout the island, eight or ten men usu-
aily at each station, although sometimes there
Te many more, and the ouly work that they
sFc called upon to do is that which the sheriffs
ana the baiiiffs provide for them. But they
are Kept busy, very busy. for the landlord mill
iever ceases its grinding. ut would seem
'hat 10 former Years there must have been
some little spark Of pity in the heart OF
TIE Ian iiord," said McNulty, for II
Is only within the last six or seven years that
wings have come to the dreadful state that
'hey are in at present. But each year seems
'" DE worse than the one preceding, aud God
'hoWs what will happen IL the awful work
goes on There is no profit at all IN the farm
'h@. All mat man can hope to do by his
Utmost toll l. barely TO keep body and soul to-
Eether In himself an1 family. IL he falls the
least behind in his rent the ba!liffs are upon
rim at once aud his cattle-freouently IL Is
only slngie cow-are seized upon and car
''ed OIL Then, if his land be left to him, 1t
Is ONLY that he NAV grow crop for the land
'"ru, Tor II De pucks uD heart enough to TIL
'he SOL down comes the sheriff upon him as
s"on as the crop Is grown, his little effects-a
stool or two, perhaps a table and a bed-are
lung out upon the roadside. a can of coal oil
Is scattered over the hut that gave him shell
ter the match Is applied, and there be Is with
Us helpless ones, with no roof TO cover them
ard no morsei Of food to stay the cravings of
hunger.
What does he dol oh, we'll. a peirbbor
WILL II he can, let him sleep a night or two in
an Clubhouse with the rs aud the cattle.
out what he is ultimately forced to do is to
'ake 10 the Iedge, throw few sticks together,
snd crawl under, with the earth for a bed.
Then MS wife and children and himself must
80 from house TO house getting a morsel of
food here and there f;Om bishearted neiob-
bors who can poorly spare even that morseI.
but who are always ready 10 divide the last
crust with those who are still more uufortu
cate than themselves. The aged. the sick.
the younS-none arr spared. and it is no uu.
common thing for man, woman or child to
e'e upon the roadside within twenty-four
hours of their heartless eviction.
just how iendish the thing is" said Ne.
tntee, may be judged from the fac, tba,
hundreds and sometimes even thousands of
pounds are squandered in cases where the ap-
parent purpose is to collect few paltrv pound,
ei rent but where there is no expectation Of
accomplishing anything but the oustinc of
the tenant and the destruction of his rude
shelter. Why, there was an illustration Of
That recently at Donegal, where $500 were
spent to evict for back rental of Els. Only
SIX Weeks ago there was a case at Diugle.
County Kerry, where twelve families owed an
average OF G6 each. was one of a party of
ene hundred men who were sent there and
Kept there for fortnight. The people could
tI,a
wouldn't produce anything. The people of
That whole section were in a most dep.orable
stste saw about two thousand of the in
hao.tants, aud out of the whole lot there
Serent twenty who had pair of boots on.
We had TO divide with them the lunches We
Harried In our haversacks. When we got a
:hance We would slip bit to them and they
'ouid deVour II rayenously. | saw a widow
"n2se child was very sick go to the landlord
and oeg Tor Gods sake 20 be allowed to remain
q fe" days Till the Child improved, but the an
swer was, No, no: if You were nv own
mother"
But speaking OF the great sums OF:
mat are thus expended to effect such
purposes, they have all to be paid by the peo-
PIE themselves in the form of police tax
buch occurrences az these are not unusual
They happen every day from one end of Ire
land to the other. Indeed, the people are so
accustomed to them that they have sctualIy
forgotten to De shocked BY them But al
tnough every case is bad enough, we now and
then saw cases, the circumstances attending
which were enough to melt heart of a rock.
sometimes the police get permission to sub
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from starvation. 1t was not long ago that a
woman named Monahsn was being put out at
~arrickmore Cross. She was very feeble, and
bad family OF small children, one of them
being sick. There was an old broken Dot
ITing along side the house, and as the men
He'd by they each dropped what they could
into 1t, and the priest took It up and carried
Il TO the woman, adding his own mite 70 it. |
But we might 20 on aud give you such in /
stances by the score.
III It wasn't for the boys and girls who |
;oIne out here 20 America and send back home /
all that they can save things would be much |
sorse than thev are. But il seems a shame \
hat this money should go over there. for every
'-nt OF tgoes into the pockets Of the landlords |
remember one woman abou, to be evicted !
10 pleaded very hard for time enough to
n rite to America to her soo. This boon was
.ranted 10 her. and she must have deemed /
srself very fortunate indeed, because it was
great act Of indulgence.
ORourke told If an early morning trip be
at taken With force Of constzbulary TO a
lace named Kiisarkin in the County Kerry.
b. bailifrs usually called upon the constabu-
~ 10 nccnrnranN rhem On their raihs hefnre ]